see the Lowell Sun report (with a video report by Sean Thibodeau of the Pollard Memorial Library) – here

also, next day (Sunday March 12), the actual birthday, in North Beach, San Francisco, celebrations at The Beat Museum(featuring a performance by “raga/reggae/rock band”, the Dharma Bums, and special guests)

Kerouac reviewed by Jules Smith in the Times Literary Supplement – “Unspeakable Visions” – see here

Jacqueline Gens remembers Allen and Gelek Rinpoche – “Gelek Rimpoche and Allen had a lot of fun. Often when Gelek Rimpoche stayed with Allen in his rather humble six floor walk-up apartment on East 12th Street, I would see them together while delivering Allen’s mail. Gelek Rimpoche was especially fond of telling many ribald tales about the sexual practices of monks in Tibet which Allen found amusing. They also shared a keen love of the daily news–Allen, the NYTimes and Gelek Rimpoche, CNN.”

“I remember during the first Iraq war we were all watching George Bush Senior on CNN and Gelek Rimpoche saying that he (George Bush senior) had no idea of the karmic implications of his policies for America.”